Age of wonder how the romantic generation discovered the beauty and terror of science
Holmes, Richard 1945-
Age of wonder how the romantic generation discovered the beauty and terror of science - New York Vintage Books 2010 - xxi,552p. ill. (some col.), maps 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 485-525) and index.
Joseph Banks in paradise -- Herschel on the moon -- Balloonists in heaven -- Herschel among the stars -- Mungo Park in Africa -- Davy on the gas -- Dr. Frankenstein and the soul -- Davy and the lamp -- Sorcerer and apprentice -- Young scientists.
"The Age of Wonder" explores the earliest ideas of deep time and space, and the explorers of "dynamic science": an infinite, mysterious Nature waiting to be discovered. Three lives dominate the book: William Herschel, his sister Caroline, and Humphry Davy.
9781400031870
2010293678
Herschel, William, Sir, 1738-1822.
Herschel, Caroline Lucretia, 1750-1848.
Davy, Humphry, Sir, 1778-1829.
Science--History--Great Britain--18th century.
Discoveries in science--History--Great Britain--18th century.
509.4109033 / HO-A
Age of wonder how the romantic generation discovered the beauty and terror of science - New York Vintage Books 2010 - xxi,552p. ill. (some col.), maps 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 485-525) and index.
Joseph Banks in paradise -- Herschel on the moon -- Balloonists in heaven -- Herschel among the stars -- Mungo Park in Africa -- Davy on the gas -- Dr. Frankenstein and the soul -- Davy and the lamp -- Sorcerer and apprentice -- Young scientists.
"The Age of Wonder" explores the earliest ideas of deep time and space, and the explorers of "dynamic science": an infinite, mysterious Nature waiting to be discovered. Three lives dominate the book: William Herschel, his sister Caroline, and Humphry Davy.
9781400031870
2010293678
Herschel, William, Sir, 1738-1822.
Herschel, Caroline Lucretia, 1750-1848.
Davy, Humphry, Sir, 1778-1829.
Science--History--Great Britain--18th century.
Discoveries in science--History--Great Britain--18th century.
509.4109033 / HO-A